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Nike $10 reimbursement

March 15, 2026 02:51PM
I saw a new shop for Nike. It has a $10 max reimbursement and no pay. This is a new low race to the bottom. With gas prices, it would cost $10 in gas just to get there. Why would anyone do this shop?
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March 15, 2026 06:02PM
This shop has been around for quite some time now in my area and always gets taken. I don't understand who would do this.
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March 16, 2026 12:05AM
They usually a whopping $3 as shop pay here. So that almost covers the cheapest thing in the store which is always $14.99. I did one a few months ago as my son needed socks, and I was in the store for 25 minutes. The report asked me how I got done with the shop so fast? Er, em, huh?
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March 16, 2026 12:49AM
I once worked in a mall and did a Victoria's Secret shop for $8. All I had to do was walk into the store, ask for a catalog, and report back if they gave me one. An easy $8 (with inlfation $20 now).
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March 16, 2026 03:29AM
I had to pay out of pocket when I did the Nike shop as there is nothing in the store for $10. I bought socks that I did not need and had to pay the difference. You have to stay a minimum of 20 minutes or a message pops up that you did not stay long enough in the store.
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March 18, 2026 05:34PM
Some, no many, of these shops are absolutely insane. I did a different Nike one which was an online order and return. I dont remember what the fee was but whatever it was I would probably do it again if the fee was $100 in today's dollars. It took me days and was much more involved than even those lucrative financial shops with less screenshots for hundreds of dollars in pay.
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March 18, 2026 07:01PM
Just wait until it has a good bonus
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March 19, 2026 04:45PM
@sandyf wrote:

Some, no many, of these shops are absolutely insane. I did a different Nike one which was an online order and return. I dont remember what the fee was but whatever it was I would probably do it again if the fee was $100 in today's dollars. It took me days and was much more involved than even those lucrative financial shops with less screenshots for hundreds of dollars in pay.

I've done a few of these over the years, it is a lot of repetitive/redundant information, and yes, days to do the shop. I grabbed them after I had knee surgery since they were something I could do without having to leave the house.
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March 19, 2026 04:49PM
oh, for those wondering who might do these shops - a parent with kids in sports!
I don't like to work for reimbursement only, especially $10 at a store I know won't have anything within that amount, but I can see where someone might take it and consider it a "discount" on a purchase that they are going to make anyway.

I do try to hit up my local thrift store or Play It Again Sports for some of my kids' equipment like a pair of football practice pants, but if my daughter needs running shoes for cross country or track, that's not something I would get used.
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March 20, 2026 12:06AM
I saw those shops and was wondering what in the world I would buy at a Nike store for $10. One shoelace perhaps?
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March 20, 2026 03:28AM
If you were headed to the Nike store to intentionally buy an item, then you can view it as a $10 coupon. They don't seem to sell shoelaces. The lowest price men's socks in the full price Nike store is $22. I think the women's socks were less, around $18.50?
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March 24, 2026 01:37AM
I wait until it gets bonused to at least $17 and preferably to $25 (fee and reimbursement combined). The brand is expensive! The report is easy enough.
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